Politically SpeakingShifting Mindsets: Integrating Virtual Reality in Conflict Mediation and PeacebuildingWhen applied to conflict mediation and peacebuilding settings, Virtual Reality (VR) can help conflict parties step into their opponents’…Jul 10, 2024Jul 10, 2024
Politically SpeakingA Common Pledge to Increase Women’s Participation in Peace ProcessesThe UN Secretary-General’s Common Pledge asks Member States, regional organizations and other actors actively engaged in mediation to join…Oct 24, 2024Oct 24, 2024
Politically SpeakingImagining the Future of Inclusive Mediation:The United Nations is formally committed to facilitating the participation of women in all stages of peacemaking and peacebuilding…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Politically SpeakingIndigenous Conflict Mediation and Resolution Processes that Work:Victoria Tauli Corpuz, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, laughs out loud as she recalls reading about…Oct 23, 2018Oct 23, 2018
Politically SpeakingIs Dialogue Enough to Achieve Peace?From Benin to Papua New Guinea, national dialogues have in recent years served to resolve crises and further the transition to peace…Apr 17, 2019Apr 17, 2019
Politically SpeakingMediation and Peacemaking in an Increasingly Complex WorldRecent successes in Colombia and the Southern Philippines, as well as the resolution of the name issue between Greece and North Macedonia…Jul 12, 2019Jul 12, 2019
Politically SpeakingMediating in a Complex World: Orchestration and InclusionA careful calibration of how, how much and with whom to interact is crucial when trying to bring some of the most protracted conflicts of…Jul 29, 2019Jul 29, 2019
Politically SpeakingFuture of Mediation: Multi-Level, Young and DigitalMediating in an increasingly complex world calls for multi-layered approaches that take into account the multitude of actors in any given…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
